In the struggle to hold on to their places in neighborhoods where rents are rising rapidly, a group in Crown Heights is hoping there’s strength in numbers.
The author suggests that underutilized hours at branch libraries overlap with times when neighborhood schools could use more and better-equipped space.
Hundreds of apartments covered by Section 8—key anchors in a neighborhood where affordability is threatened by gentrification—are slated to leave the program.
The progressive wave that ushered in Bill de Blasio’s election is also reshaping how the City Council operates—although a hearing this week revealed the nuances and complexities of tinkering with…
